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Sunchild E-Learning Community - Mini Tutorials

The chart below provides you with links to mini-tutorials to help you improve your computer skills. For example, they show you how to use MS Excel spreadsheet software to create line graphs, column graphs, pie charts, and histograms. They explain how to insert graphs directly into MS WORD files which is the software used for most assignments.

Instructions

  1. The mini-tutorials were made with Wimba so you will need to make sure computer can run this software.
  2. These tutorials are archived. To maximize your time:

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Excel Spreadsheet

Introducing MS Excel and spread sheets.This tutorial deals with spread sheet basics. It also includes using formulas and printing of spread sheets.

Line Graphs

Use MS Excel to make a line graph and insert it into your MS Word assignment file.

Column Graphs

Use MS Excel to make a column graph and insert it into your MS Word assignment file.

Histograms

Use MS Excel to make a histogram and insert it into your MS Word file. This tutorial also compares a histogram to a column graph and when it is appropriate to use these types of graphs.

Climatographs

Use MS Excel to make a climatograph - used in Science and Biology to display climate data (monthly temperature and monthly precipitation) for a given area.

MS Word Tips and Tricks Part 1

Use the drawing tools in MS Word to make a textbox and how to place the textbox over an existing graphic.

 

How to take a grid from an existing assignment move it into a Paint program, draw your graph, and insert it back into your Word file.

MS Word Tips and Tricks Part 2

Use the font tools in MS Word to form superscripts (example: y2 ) and subscripts (example: H2O)

 

Use the equation editor feature in MS Word to make your own mathmatically equations and insert them into your Word File.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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